Did You Know?

Did You Know?

• According to scientists, there is an average of one million different species of animals living in the ocean.
• Corn and cotton have been genetically modified to produce a toxin that kills insects. 
• Sharks mistake fiber cables in the ocean for distressed fish. Google had to wrap its cables in Kevlar material in order to prevent sharks from feeding on them. 
• Bacteria and other microbes are used to clean up oil spills due to their ability to consume oil droplets. 
• Whether a turtle will be male or female is determined by the temperature at which the eggs are incubated.
• Human beings have the same amount of hair as chimpanzees. Our hair has become extremely fine with evolution, whereas theirs remains thick to form a protective layer over the skin. 
• Likewise, goosebumps are visible due to the thinness of our body hair. These evolutionary predecessors are meant to make fur rise to keep the body warm. 
• The ocean contains more historic artifacts than museums around the world. 
• 75% of the world’s freshwater is stored in glaciers.
• One ostrich egg is the same size as twenty-four chicken eggs.

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